S&P affirms AA+ rating, may up to AAA on bipartisan efforts

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Standard & Poor's affirmed its 'AA+' rating on U.S. long-term unsolicited sovereign credit and an 'A-1+' rating on the short term, saying its outlook on the long-term rating remained stable. The ratings agency also said it may raise the long-term rating to 'AAA' if it sees "additional evidence of bipartisan efforts that signal a lower degree of political brinksmanship around fiscal policy decisions, coupled with a general government debt burden decline more pronounced than we currently expect."

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